Pioneer festival
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1979.ROU.03-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- International Year of the Child — children's paintings
1979.ROU.03· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Romania (ROU)- Year / date
- 1979-03-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 4.80 L
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13¼
- Quantity printed
- 250,000
- Size
- 48 × 33 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 979.6
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- RO 2821
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- RO 3578
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- RO 3154
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- RO 4441
Notes
Child's drawing of a Pioneer festival: a crowd of children, Romanian flags and a sun. Vertical legend SERBARE PIONIEREASCĂ; POȘTA ROMÂNĂ 4,80 L; year 1979 in the margin.
Series history
Romania issued a six-value commemorative set on 1 March 1979 reproducing children's drawings, for the International Year of the Child. Sorin Petrusel designed the stamps; Fabrica de Timbre in Bucharest printed them by photogravure, comb perforated 13¼, without watermark. The 4.80 lei (250,000 printed), 48 × 33 mm, is lettered SERBARE PIONIEREASCĂ and POȘTA ROMÂNĂ. The drawing shows a crowd of children at a Pioneer festival, with Romanian flags and a sun at the top.
The other five values of the set reproduce drawings of the heroes of Vaslui, a building site, Tică's folk band, an industrial landscape and winter customs; those subjects are not Pioneer designs.
